Bankruptcy, Democratic-style

One element (but not the only one) of last night’s Democratic talkathon that deserves attention is the candidates’ unwillingness to challenge the phenomenon of “sanctuary cities” such as Minneapolis and New Have where local authorities refuse to enforce immigration law. This is one point that supports Bill Kristol’s assessment of last night’s debate as marking the possible vulnerability of the Democratic nominee in the fall. Today’s Yale Daily News reports on New Haven’s road show taking the city’s municipal identification program for illegal aliens into the ‘hood. The consensus of the Democratic candidates’ in support of this phenomenon is striking.
Another element of the talkathon that marks the candidates’ vulnerability in the general election is their conformity on the desirability of public schools educating eight-year-olds on homosexual relationships. At one point last night one — was it during the discussion of Social Security? — one of the candidates referred to the unreality of the talkathon, but bankruptcy seemed to me the more appropriate metaphor. Senator Gravel found a way to salute himelf for his personal and business bankruptcies: